its next main battle tank. It’s a remanufactured Challenger 2, brought up to modern standards. The U.K. will buy only 148 main battle tanks as its land forces continue to shrink to their lowest ...

Britain has been using the Challenger 2 main battle tank (MBT) since it was first introduced in the 1990s. Plans to upgrade the U.K.'s fleet of MBTs in the early 2000s, but issues arose ...

Ukraine also has gotten 14 Challenger 2 tanks from the United Kingdom ... That hit sparked a fire that spread to the tank’s interior. For a tank packed with electronics and precision optics ...

A Ukrainian Challenger 2 with add-on glacis armor. The Ukrainian army has added protection to its British-made Challenger 2 tanks. The add-on armor, on the lower front of the 69-ton, four-person ...

The United Kingdom's Challenger 2 main battle tank is heavier, weirder, and slower than its Western stablemates, the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2. But until this September, it retained a notable ...

Though Challenger 2’s hull is retained, its insides will change too, including new-generation Horstman hydrogas suspension that should improve stability (and therefore accuracy) when the tank is ...

The British Challenger 2, however, sets itself apart by doubling down on everything that may be expected of a modern tank: Incredible defensive capacities and the firepower to back all of that up.

Video capture from video by Ukrainian military//Wikimedia Commons Challenger 2 tank seen near Robotyne in fall 2024. Initially this vehicle was disabled by artillery fire, causing the crew to ...

The United Kingdom's Challenger 2 main battle tank is heavier, weirder, and slower than its Western stablemates, the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2. But until this September, it retained a notable ...